The Hollie Hughes Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1979 at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. A six furlong sprint raced on dirt, it is open to horses bred in the State of New York age four and older. Run in mid February, then in mid January, now returned to the month of February, the race currently offers a purse of $100,000.[1]

Hollie Hughes Stakes
Restricted stakes race
LocationAqueduct Racetrack
Queens, New York,
United States
Inaugurated1979
Race typeThoroughbredFlat racing
Websitewww.nyra.com/index_aqueduct.html
Race information
Distance6 furlongs
SurfaceDirt
Trackleft-handed
QualificationNew York State bred,
age four & older
WeightAssigned
Purse$100,000

The race is named in honor of New York native Hollie Hughes, a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee who trained horses from a New York base for 70 years.

Records

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Speed record:

  • 1:08.60 – Stalwart Member (1997)

Most wins:

  • 3 – Papua (2003, 2004, 2005)

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

  • 6 – Michael E. Hushion (1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2015)

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Dist.
(Miles)
Time
Win$
2022 Wudda U Think Now 5 Trevor McCarthy Rudy R. Rodriguez The Elkstone Group 6 F 1:11.17 $100,000
2021 My Boy Tate 7 Manuel Franco Michelle Nevin Little Red Feather Racing & Michelle Nevin 6 F 1:10.85 $100,000
2020 Amundson 4 Jorge A. Vargas Jr. Horacio DePaz Barry K. Schwartz 6 F 1:10.87 $57,750
2019 Bavaro 5 Dylan Davis Linda L. Rice All In The Family Racing 6 F 1:11.78 $55,000
2018 My Boy Tate 4 Dylan Davis Michelle Nevin Little Red Feather Racing/Michelle Nevin 6 F 1:10.23 $60,000
2017 Candid Desire 5 Antonio Gallardo Gary J. Sciacca Amanda Laderer/Gary Downey 6 F 1:10.19 $60,000
2016 Drama King 4 Junior Alvarado Rudy R. Rodriguez Bethlehem Stables et al. 6 F 1:10.89 $60,000
2015 Captain Serious 4 Jose L. Ortiz Michael E. Hushion Barry K. Schwartz 6 F 1:10.70 $60,000
2014 Be Bullish 9 Taylor B. Rice Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Repole Stable 6 F 1:12.05 $60,000
2013 Saginaw 7 Junior Alvarado David Jacobson Drawing Away Stable/Jacobson 6 F 1:10.51 $45,000
2012 Law Enforcement 7 Alan Garcia Mark A. Hennig Camelia J. Casby 6 F 1:10.95 $45,000
2011 Be Bullish 6 Junior Alvarado Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Sullivan Lane Stable/R. E. Dutrow Jr. 6 F 1:11.62 $39,000
2010 Rereadthefootnotes 4 Ramon A. Dominguez Michael E. Hushion West Point Thoroughbreds 6 F 1:09.93 $39,000
2009 Mor Chances 5 Richard Migliore Richard E. Dutrow Jr. Vincent Scuderi & Sullivan Lane Stable 6 F 1:09.72 $42,120
2008 Gold and Roses 6 Rajiv Maragh Thomas M. Bush Henry C. Gregory 6 F 1:10.82 $48,795
2007 Introspect 7 Eddie Martin Jr. Billy Turner Castle Village Farm 6 F 1:11.64 $43,555
2006 Big Apple Daddy 4 Orlando Mojica Bruce N. Levine Ervin Rodriguez 6 F 1:11.49 $42,510
2005 Papua 6 Richard Migliore Michael E. Hushion Barry K. Schwartz 6 F 1:09.60 $48,585
2004 Papua 5 Michael Luzzi Michael E. Hushion Barry K. Schwartz 6 F 1:10.40 $49,005
2003 Papua 4 Richard Migliore Michael E. Hushion Barry K. Schwartz 6 F 1:10.60 $48,435
2002 Vodka 5 Heberto Castillo Jr. John O. Hertler Joseph W. Gerrity Jr. 6 F 1:11.10 $48,075
2001 Say Florida Sandy 7 Joe Bravo Juan Serey John Rotella 6 F 1:09.40 $47,790
2000 Kashatreya 6 Octavio Vergara John O. Hertler Seymour Cohn 6 F 1:09.40 $49,845
1999 Kashatreya 5 Julio Pezua John O. Hertler Seymour Cohn 6 F 1:10.20 $32,040
1998 Thepromonroe 6 Chuck C. Lopez Michael E. Hushion Barry K. Schwartz 6 F 1:10.00 $33,240
1997 Stalwart Member 4 Herb McCauley Howard Tesher Edwin Watchel 6 F 1:08.60 $33,420
1996 Crafty Alfel 8 Frank Alvarado Charles Carlesimo James Fabricature 6 F 1:09.80 $33,000
1995 Crafty Alfel 7 Julio Pezua Charles Carlesimo James Fabricature 6 F 1:11.20 $31,890
1994 Fabersham 6 Richard Migliore Gasper Moschera Barbara J. Davis 6 F 1:12.00 $32,430
1993 Detox 4 Mike E. Smith Michael W. Downing Charles J. Murphy Jr. 6 F 1:10.40 $40,740
1992 Argyle Lake 6 Dennis Carr Peter Ferriola James Riccio 6 F 1:11.00 $54,180
1991 Argyle Lake 5 Herb McCauley Peter Ferriola James Riccio 6 F 1:10.60 $53,460
1990 Appealing Guy 4 Jacinto Vásquez Gary Sciacca Vincent McGuire 6 F 1:08.80 $52,380
1989 Notebook 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 6 F 1:10.80 $51,570
1988 Summer Tale 5 Nick Santagata Peter Ferriola Gold'N'Oats Stable 6 F 1:11.20 $50,400
1987 Landing Plot 4 José A. Santos Arthur Wendel Triad Stable 6 F 1:11.00 $41,820
1986 Hamlet 6 Robbie Davis Peter Ferriola Vee-Pee-Jay Stable 6 F 1:10.80 $42,420
1985 Elegant Life 5 Jorge Velásquez Michael Brice Irma Brice 6 F 1:10.80 $43,740
1984 Columbia Holme 4 Ruben Hernandez Ramon M. Hernandez Assunta Louis Farm 6 F 1:10.20 $43,320
1983 Master Digby 4 Ángel Cordero Jr. Howard Tesher Jerome Brody 6 F 1:10.40 $33,780
1982 Accipiter's Hope 4 Nick Santagata Stephen L. DiMauro Harold I. Snyder 6 F 1:12.20 $34,020
1981 Kim's Chance 5 Ángel Cordero Jr. Steven T. Jerkens Rodger E. Leslie 6 F 1:11.40 $32,700
1980 Kim's Chance 4 Ruben Hernandez Steven T. Jerkens Rodger E. Leslie 6 F 1:12.40 $31,920
1979 Billy Redcoat 5 Joseph Brocklebank R. Von Skopczynski Jr. Victoria Sloma 6 F 1:11.40 $33,090

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